Pretend Chat 2.14

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

also in san diego
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/pet/4947868225.html

 

[Jacqui]

Home sick from work. Bad stomach ache. Is something going around?

Not here. Get better fast.

 

[Abdulla6169]

It's a great image.
The Gulf States and Africa sending water supplies to help California!

What a pity.
Better luck next time.

It's kinda weird (and annoying) how a small minority in America (and some rich persons worldwide) believe Africa is just full of aid huts, starving children, and Ebola-infested slums.

 

[Jacqui]

Wow. Today is my birthday. Totally forgot. LOL. Thanks for reminding me (and being a good friend too)!

I hope it is a very special day.
i

 

[Abdulla6169]

I hope it is a very special day.
i

Thanks. It's actually 1 am now. I should go to sleep soon. *yawn*.

 

[Jacqui]

Sorry the adoption fell through. Is there a certain size range your thinking of?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

It's kinda weird (and annoying) how a small minority in America (and some rich persons worldwide) believe Africa is just full of aid huts, starving children, and Ebola-infested slums.

When I came to Morocco, a friend of mine said, in all seriousness,
' Don't go, Adam, you'll have to live in a tent.'
Others thought it was a country of black men and some that I would have to have a camel.
They still won't believe me when I tell them there are no camels in Fes except in the butchers'.
Thankfully.
Many believe that the black people are all poor and the Arabs are all rich.

 

[Abdulla6169]

@Momof04
Let's hope the next adoption you'll check is better! Good luck

 

[Abdulla6169]

When I came to Morocco, a friend of mine said, in all seriousness,
' Don't go, Adam, you'll have to live in a tent.'
Others thought it was a country of black men and some that I would have to have a camel.
They still won't believe me when I tell them there are no camels in Fes except in the butchers'.
Thankfully.
Many believe that the black people are all poor and the Arabs are all rich.

Stereotypes of Arabs are the 2 B's:
1-Billionaires
2-Belly dancers
Pisses my off so much.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Stereotypes of Arabs are the 2 B's:
1-Billionaires
2-Belly dancers
Pisses my off so much.

They don't help matters themselves here.
In some tourist places they provide belly dancers as this is the stereotype people expect.
It is not Moroccan and you never see it elsewhere, we are keeping alive the myth.

 

[Abdulla6169]

Anyone got plans for today?

 

[AZtortMom]

Nope

 

[Abdulla6169]

They don't help matters themselves here.
In some tourist places they provide belly dancers as this is the stereotype people expect.
It is not Moroccan and you never see it elsewhere, we are keeping alive the myth.

Here too. They take tourists to the desert, let them smoke sheesha, and then show then the belly dancers. Well, at least it's good for our economy ...

 

[Yvonne G]

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I'm surprised you have a yucca around kids. Those leaves (?) are brutal - put an eye right out! But the flowers are beautiful!

 

[Yvonne G]

Cool. Do you hike weekly? Must be fun. I can go hiking here. It's just too far way (1.5 hrs.)... Here's the mountain:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebel_Hafeet

That's a very interesting-looking mountain. Looks very dry and barren. Any wildlife there?

 

[Abdulla6169]

That's a very interesting-looking mountain. Looks very dry and barren. Any wildlife there?

Bats, foxes, snakes, cats, rats, etc...

 

[Yvonne G]

I know. They're the sweetest (except they like to nip).
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It looks like a cute and cuddly toy. At that size and cuteness, I'm surprised they haven't been all eaten up by now and made extinct. What kind of creatures eat them?

 

[Abdulla6169]

It looks like a cute and cuddly toy. At that size and cuteness, I'm surprised they haven't been all eaten up by now and made extinct. What kind of creatures eat them?

Maybe some birds of prey. They'd be hard to catch.... Not quite sure really...

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/hike-adventure-3.116064/

 

[russian/sulcata/tortoise]